Is it an acronym? There's no real correlation in behavior or appearance. Why pigs?
2006-09-21 05:17:27 · 7 answers · asked by sydmeister 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
In 1811 reference to a "pig" as a Bow Street Runner-the early police force, named after the location of their headquarters. Before that, the term "pig" had been used as early as the mid-1500s to refer to a person who is heartly disliked. The term came up again by the hippys in the 1960s when OZ magazine showed a picture of a pig dressed as a police officer on the front cover.
2006-09-21 05:41:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-10 02:53:04 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Police Pig Origin
2017-01-16 14:25:23 · answer #3 · answered by anekey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know, it came into being in the sixties when there was a very strong anti-establisment movement. The police were rightfully viewed as the enforcers of the establishment's laws, and were therefore the enemy. How PIG became the actual derogatory term for cop, who knows?
2006-09-21 05:24:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm just guessing, but I think it started in the 1960's during the protest movements when people were protesting the draft and the War in Viet Nam, I think the hippies gave them that name. Don't ask me why or how.
2006-09-21 05:22:09 · answer #5 · answered by smartypants909 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A$$holes in the 60's and 70's thought it made them mad. Most of the police officers, then and now, say thank you.
It is an abbreviation of Pride, Integrity and Guts.
Anyone getting mugged should call a rapper in the future, huh?
2006-09-21 05:25:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
it came from the police it was people who turned it into bad words
Pride
Integrity
Genius
2006-09-21 05:25:22 · answer #7 · answered by Suzie 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋